1.   Peat swamp forests are one of the most biologically diverse eco-systems in the world, with valuable economic and ecological functions including flood mitigation and recreational functions.

2.   Abu Hassan and his delegation were taken to the lakes, disused mining pools undergoing rehabilitation and the peat forests.

3.   Fires affecting peat swamp forest cause a gradual conversion of dense evergreen forests into drier, open deciduous forests less suitable for the duck.

4.   First, the air quality was affected due to the depletion of wetland habitat caused by fires in peat swamp forests in Malaysia and Indonesia.

5.   Since October, MAB and the two consultants have developed a master plan for the project with includes a peat swamp wetland forest located next to the circuit.

6.   The Prime Minister was also shown the various features of the sanctuary such as a newly constructed boardwalk and the peat forests.

7.   These include a program to drain and convert one million hectares of peat forest for rice cultivation.

8.   The government plans to convert one million hectares of peat forest in Central Kalimantan into transmigration sites, Siswono said.